How long is Murray likely to stay at No 2 for? Will he still have it come the French? I assume Rafa won't be adding many points until Wimbledon. Just had a thought - if Rafa ends up in Djoko's half at the French and Murray is seeded 2nd, could Murray conceivably make the final?

Defending 180 points in Monte Carlo, so will fall back to #3 for Madrid if he doesn't make the QFs there. Murray will also lose 90 in Barcelona.

However Federer is defending 1000 points in Madrid, Murray is defending 0, so great chance there to make up some ground - even without winning a match, Federer stands to lose 400+ points if he fails to defend his title, and given he only won it last year after Djokovic and Nadal bounced out on the blue surface, that seems quite likely. Federer defending 360 in Rome, Murray defending just 90.

Murray defending just 360 points over the clay, Federer 1360.

Worth remembering that Murray lost to Berdych, Raonic, Gasquet and Ferrer last year on the clay; didn't even make the semis of any event. So being #2 might not make much difference anyway, unless he can get past the 5-16 ranked players.

Brilliant, brilliant result for Andy. Didn't play his best and still won. What a fighter!

Do I feel sorry for Ferrer? Ask me in a month or 6!

It was a weird match, but hugely entertaining. Frankly it could have been as dull as ditch-water and I wouldn't care. Andy won! He's world no.2!

They do need to do something about the time rule. I'm sick of hearing about it being called a new rule. It's an old rule that is being enforced. However, while I take the point about long rallies, that sort of thing, I don't buy Petch's thing about crowd enjoyment. That's just daft.

Andy was right, in my view, to speak to the umpire about the time thing. The thing is that they've made a song and dance about the rule being enforced, that umpires can no longer use judgement. Then Ferrer is allowed to take 42 seconds between points? What they should do is make the time 30 seconds and enforce that.

They should have a clock on the court, and the server should be allowed, within the rules, to punch the first person in the crowd who starts a countdown. Now that would add some spice to things lol. Actually, wasn't there a bit of aggro in the crowd today at one point?

Seriously though, the time thing is daft at the moment. They either need to have a clock on court and increase the time allowed a bit, or they need to alter the time allowed in accordance with the conditions, but I don't see that working.